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A decade after he caught a touchdown pass from Bryan Randall that gave Virginia Tech the ACC championship in its first year in the conference, veteran receiver Eddie Royal is back in business with the San Diego Chargers. The last of his nine catches for 81 yards Sunday gave the Chargers a critical comeback victory over the Ravens in Baltimore. -------- Here's a list of how players with Virginia connections fared in Week 13: Listed by jersey number (if still applicable), name, connections and statistics. Does not include players who previously were listed on injured reserve and remain there, or who previously were listed on a practice squad and remain there. Arizona Cardinals: LS...

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A decade after he caught a touchdown pass from Bryan Randall that gave Virginia Tech the ACC championship in its first year in the conference, veteran receiver Eddie Royal is back in business with the San Diego Chargers.The last of his nine catches for 81...

Yet again, the San Diego Chargers are winning key games late in the regular season. This time, they can credit a lot of guys who are familiar with Virginia.
The Chargers looked all but finished Saturday night against the 49ers, trailing by 21 points in a...

When you’re young and idealistic, there’s nothing you cannot do. Even in the worst of times, of which there were plenty, Jasonus Tillery saw himself playing in the NFL.In the end, Tillery was one of the 99 percent who didn’t make it. He was invited to...

In a relatively quiet week for Virginians in the NFL, Arthur Moats of Portsmouth came up big on defense for the Steelers, Lorenzo Taliaferro from Bruton High made key contributions on the Ravens' offense, and the Chargers' Nick Novak temporarily added...

It was a mixed weekend for some of the Fuller brothers, who are quite familiar to Virginia Tech fans. Two of the Hokies' football program's most prolific family are now in the NFL.
Corey Fuller grabbed the winning touchdown pass to give Detroit a...

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ODU-Wake: Old Dominion agreed to a two-year home-and-home agreement with Wake Forest.
ODU will host Wake Forest in Norfolk on Sept. 19, 2020, and play the Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Sept. 11, 2021. “This is another...

While Michael Vick and the Jets fell flat against the Bills in a game that was relocated from the Buffalo area to Detroit because of heavy snow in western New York, the week was otherwise mostly quiet for Virginia-area players.The Giants' Rashad...

NFL experts say the Patriots will struggle more with Jerod Mayo out of the lineup. Unfortunately, they'll have to find out, since Mayo was carted off the field at Buffalo on Sunday after hurting his knee while making his fifth tackle of the day.
Mayo,...

Russell Wilson was at his elusive best during the Seattle Seahawks' 27-17 victory over the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field.
Wilson, who grew up in Richmond and had plenty of family members watching in person, rushed for 122 yards -- a Monday Night...

Bayside High alumnus EJ Manuel had relatively pedestrian statistics, but he and the Buffalo Bills stunned the Bears at Chicago's Soldier Field in one of the NFL first week's most notable results.Here's a look at how players with Virginia connections fared...

William and Mary record-setting running back Jonathan Grimes, 24, is in his third stint with the Houston Texans. He also has been with the New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars.Primarily because of a numbers game, the undrafted 5-foot-10, 207-pounder...

When many of us last saw Logan Thomas, he was getting knocked woozy in Virginia Tech's Sun Bowl loss to UCLA on New Year's Eve. Even before then, he took plenty of criticism -- often deservedly so, he admitted -- for inaccurate passing.But Saturday night,...

The 2014 NFL season will kick off Sept. 4 in Seattle, where the Super Bowl champion Seahawks will be honored before the boisterous 12th Man in the regular-season opener against the Green Bay Packers.A full schedule for the upcoming season — which begins...

Jimmy Williams, 30, who grew up in Hampton, has resumed his career with the Arena Football League's Spokane Shock in the state of Washington. It's his first season in the AFL, which puts stress on the secondary with offensive-friendly rules such as...

Move aside, World Cup. Hold your run, baseball. Take a seat, summer-league hoops. Training camp is about to begin. The Washington Redskins (3-13 in 2013) will be holding a training camp for 2 1/2 weeks at the Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training...

Sarah Osborn of Hampton won another national individual title and was a member of the Patriot Shooting Club team that captured a national championship Friday and Saturday in Camp Perry, Ohio.Osborn, 15, was at her best Friday, topping a field of 221...

Former Bruton High football star Lorenzo Taliaferro ran for 71 yards for the Baltimore Ravens in the second half of an exhibition game against the San Francisco 49ers last week. As the Ravens prepare to play at the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night,...